WTA Year-End Finals: Gauff defeats Sviatek to advance to semi-finals

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2024-11-06 14:22:21

In the group stage of the Women’s Tennis Players Association (WTA) year-end finals held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the 5th, American player Gauff defeated defending champion Sviatek in straight sets, winning two consecutive group stage matches and advancing to the semifinals in advance. .

On November 5, Gauff celebrated the victory. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Luo Chen

In the second round of the singles orange group, the third seed Gauff faced the second seed and old rival Sviatk. The two have played against each other 12 times before, with Sviatek winning 11 of them.

In this game, both sides held serve until 3:3 at the beginning. Then Gauff broke Sviatek’s serve in two consecutive games and won the first set 6:3. In the second set, the two sides staged a “break battle”. They each broke serve twice in the first eight games, and the battle reached 4:4. After that, Gauff broke with a keep and won again with 6:4, defeating Svia in straight sets for the first time. Turk.

Gauff said after the game: “It was definitely a good game. It was really tough against Sviatek, but I’m happy that I was able to perform at my level throughout the game.”

On November 5, Sviatek (left) and Gauff paid tribute after the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Luo Chen

In another match, Czech player Krejcikova took 1 hour and 9 minutes to defeat American player Pegula in straight sets 6:3, 6:3, achieving a record of one win and one loss, and continued to qualify. hope.

The White Group staged two reversals in the second round of the doubles group stage. The second seeds Dombrowski/Rutliff defeated the Italian combination Errani/Paolini 1:6, 7:6 (1), 11:9; Chinese Taipei player Zhan Haoqing partnered with Russian player Kudermetova Defeated the American combination Dolehead/Kravcik 3:6, 6:3, 10:7.

Editor: Huang Huang

First instance: Huang Huang

Second trial: Cao Hui

Third trial: Yang Youhua

Source: Xinhuanet